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Shane Hammond scored 19 points and the LaCrosse-Washtucna de- fense came through during a 67-55 win over St. John-Endicott in a Whitman County opener at Washtucna.

The Tigercats held SJE’s Karl Scheuerman to 0-for-5 field-goal shooting. Scheuerman entered the night 20 points shy of 1,000 for his career.

L-W 67, SJE 55

SJE 7 20 8 20 - 55

LaCrosse-Wash. 10 14 17 26 - 67

St. John-Endicott (6-2, 0-1) - Riehle 0, Siler 8, Bafus 0, Bezdicek 5, Duncan 4, Hames 16, Scheuerman 4, Johnstone 18, Shields 0.

LaCrosse-Washtucna (5-4, 1-0) - B. Colter 0, D. Colter 8, Goll 18, Schneider 5, Webley 0, Meyers 6, Stueckle 11, Hammond 19, Henley 0.

Tekoa-Oakesdale 75, Asotin 58

Pat Heaton equaled his season high of 23 points, hitting 9 of 14 from the floor, to guide the visiting Nighthawks over the Panthers.

Tekoa-Oakes. 21 22 20 12 - 75

Asotin 14 11 17 16 - 58

Tekoa-Oakesdale (4-3, 1-0) Buergel 14, Heaton 23, Smith 6, A. Ellis 9, Wagner 6, Thompson 4, S. Ellis 8, Crossett 3, Bruce 2.

Asotin (5-3, 0-1) - Wilsey 0, Dickinson 1, Welch 0, Rozell 0, Peer 0, Appleford 7, Witty 6, Vantrease 10, Weiss 13, Uptmor 8, Smith 13.

Gar-Pal 72, Colton 60

Jeremy Kimble scored a season-best 23 to guide the visiting Vikings over the Wildcats.

Blake Wolf scored 24 and Brian Busch (608) surpassed 600 career points for Colton.

Gar.-Palouse 19 12 12 20 - 72

Colton 13 14 21 12 - 60

Garfield-Palouse (7-1, 1-0) - Evenson 0, Aa. Elder 13, Kriebel 10, Riedinger 4, Kimble 23, Fox 8, Wride 2, Smick 2, Ad. Elder 10, Hurley 0, Million 0, Rosebrook 0.

Colton (5-3, 0-1) - M. Weber 0, Wolf 24, R. Weber 10, Shaffer 0, T. Weber 3, Moehrle0 , Schlee 0, Busch 12, Stout 7, Olson 0, Mcintosh 4.

GNL

Deer Park 57, Pullman 53

Adam Swinyard scored 25 and Zack Axel had eight rebounds and eight assists as the Stags beat the visiting Greyhounds in a matchup of state participants from last season.

DP’s Wyatt Zimmerer added eight rebounds. Pullman had a flurry after trailing by 11 with 1:15 left.

Pullman 12 6 15 20 - 53

Deer Park 17 9 14 17 - 57

Pullman (2-4, 0-1) - Druffel 7, Wood 0, Paulson 5, Christy 0, Baumgartner 9, Clark 2, Rurangirwa 15, Everton 0, Law 3, Bray 8, Hinsdale 4.

Deer Park (6-2, 1-0) - Axel 5, Epler 0, Swinyard 25, Henry 0, Mitchell 1, Phillips 2, Ti. Thompson 3, Zimmerer 15, Langbehn 0, Ty Thompson 6, Lewis 0.

Chewelah 58, Med. Lake 51

Bryce Meserve scored a season-high 18 and the visiting Cougars outscored the Cardinals 16-5 at the line to earn the win.

The Cardinals’ Charlie Berryhill had nine rebounds and a season-high 20 points.

Chewelah 11 12 18 17 - 58

Medical Lake 8 15 12 16 - 51

Chewelah (5-3, 1-0) - Stone 13, Shamion 7, Meserve 18, Tupek 0, Erickson 0, Boone 5, Garner 2, Trampush 11, King 2.

Medical Lake (1-6, 0-1) - Oberg 8, Berryhill 20, Moultrie 0, Mosley 4, Erks 1, Berry 0, McMillian 13, Butoraz 5, Schmidt 0.

Lakeside 56, Newport 41

Jordan Bjork scored a season-high 27, hitting 10 of 16 from the field and 7 of 7 from the line, and added 13 rebounds to lead the visiting Eagles over the Grizzlies.

Lakeside’s Pat Day added five steals. Newport’s David Reyes scored 15 in the second half.

Lakeside 10 13 13 20 - 56

Newport 10 8 10 13 - 41

Lakeside (3-4, 1-0) - Brown 2, Day 14, Bjork 27, Stillar 5, Parker 3, Spiger 1, Deniston 0, Tenny 0, Clocherty 2, Zambryski 0, Fairbanks 2.

Newport (2-7, 0-1) - Almond 3, Wickey 2, Johnson 0, Reyes 17, Byrd 0, Melendez 5, Hastings 0, McClean 0, Willenbrock 0, Jordan 14.

Bi-County League

Wil.-Crest. 53, Reardan 50

Brian Johnson and J.J. Curo both hit two free throws in the late stages to lift the Wildcats to a big comeback win over the Indians at Wilbur.

Rocky Soliday hit three consecutive 3-pointers in a 17-0 Reardan run in the first quarter. The Indians led 48-45 with 1:50 left, but W-C took its first lead on a Curo basket.

Reardan 21 10 10 9 - 50

Wilbur-Creston 3 20 13 17 - 53

Reardan (4-5, 3-4) - Soliday 9, Bocook 5, Hicks 6, Krupke 2, Anderson 19, Falk 7, Addington 2.

Wilbur-Creston (7-1, 6-1) - Arden 4, Sheffels 0, Johnson 13, Morrison 5, Curo 10, Krause 5, Nelson 12, Dunlap 4.

Sprague-Harr. 61, Ritzville 59

Colin Floyd scored 31, hitting 5 of 10 3-pointers, and added 12 rebounds to guide the Falcons over the Broncos at Harrington.

Floyd was 12 of 19 from the field. Ritzville’s Josh Whitman scored 26, including a 3-pointer with 1 second left.

Ritzville 16 12 21 10 - 59

Sprague-Harr. 15 18 20 8 - 61

Ritzville (5-4, 5-2) - Reilly 2, Heider 10, B. Arlt 7, Borth 0, Kuster 12, Whitman 26, Pflugrath 2.

Sprague-Harrington (7-2, 6-1) - Engles 8, Timm 0, McPeak 13, Floyd 31, Henry 6, Becker 0, Scholten 2, Whipple 1.

Valley Christian 65, Lind 45

Eric Smith totaled 10 rebounds, five assists and four steals to lead the Panthers over the visiting Bulldogs.

Smith also surpassed 800 points (802) for his career. Brent Decker returned from a four-game layoff (elbow injury) to score 10 for the Panthers, who took control with an 8-0 run to open the second half.

Lind 12 12 13 8 - 45

Valley Christian 14 12 27 12 - 65

Lind (3-5, 2-5) - Kulm 5, Wilson 17, Al. Ritz 1, Horpedahl 0, Fode 10, Coyle 3, Schrenk 9.

Valley Christian (9-0, 7-0) - Eberle 4, Miller 5, Smith 15, Knigge 0, Stanaway 6, Barriero 2, Decker 10, Evans 16, Bolster 4, Lacy 3.

ACH 74, Christian Heritage 56

Tim Aldrich scored 15 in the second quarter, including four of his five 3-pointers, to lead the Warriors over the Patriots at Hartline.

Derek Schumacher of the Patriots hit four 3-pointers on the way to a season-high 22 points.

Chr.Heritage 17 11 13 15 - 56

ACH 21 19 22 12 - 74

Christian Heritage (1-8, 0-7) - J. Colvin 0, Klein 11, Bell 8, Stromberger 0, Bishop 4, N. Colvin 0, Flowers 0, Stuhlmiller 0, Busby 11, Brennan 0, Schumacher 22.

Almira/Coulee-Hartline (2-7, 2-5) - Cooper 4, Aldrich 18, Ladwig 0, Jess 6, Fuller 0, Pierce 0, Carstensen 12, Malone 10, Malloy 2, Jordan 14, Johanson 2, Roberts 6.

Odessa 71, Davenport 32

The Tigers defeated the visiting Gorillas to hand coach Larry Moffet his first league win.

Odessa held Nik Warwick (15.8 ppg) to two points. Davenport’s Alan Curtis (11 ppg) didn’t play, for an unspecified reason.

Davenport 6 5 11 10 - 32

Odessa 15 17 24 15 - 71

Davenport (5-4, 3-4) - Paul 2, Buchmann 10, Warwick 2, Hein 0, Schreck 11, Pauls 7, Dietrich 0.

Odessa (2-7, 1-6) - Dart 9, Ku. Starkel 8, Strohmaier 7, Fisher 4, Harris 7, Voise 6, C. Smith 2, Jeske 14, Kagele 3, Ky. Starkel 3, S. Smith 6, Scrupps 2.

Panorama League

Curlew 82, Selkirk 59

Jeremy Groth surpassed 1,800 career points, hitting 7 of 8 3-pointers on the way to 35 points, and the visiting Cougars defeated the Rangers at Ione.

Groth finished 14 of 22 from the floor, helping Curlew toward a 34-for-57 night. Selkirk’s Colt Smith hit 10 of 11 for a season-best 20 points.

Curlew 17 19 24 22 - 82

Selkirk 10 7 14 28 - 59

Curlew (10-1, 7-0) - Anderson 2, C. Groth 13, J. Groth 35, H. Barkley 4, Olsen 13, Stotts 2, Garrison 13, W. Barkley 0.

Selkirk (6-4, 4-3) - Villegas 6, Smith 20, Batch 0, Hodges 15, Carlson 14, Damron 0, Anderson 4.

St. George’s 54, Inchelium 36

Drew Moser scored 27, hitting 5 of 7 3-pointers and 6 of 6 free throws, to lift the visiting Dragons over the Hornets.

St. George’s was 15 of 19 from the line. Inchelium’s Chris Burch had seven rebounds and seven steals.

St. George’s 18 11 11 14 - 54

Inchelium 9 5 9 13 - 36

St. George’s (9-2, 7-0) - Johnson 0, Longinotti 2, Milicevic 0, Dhillon 0, Holte 3, Moser 27, Thomas 14, Fix 0, Witherspoon 4, Golden 0, Welt 0, Hill 0, Wysham 4.

Inchelium (4-5, 3-4) - Hoffman 0, Jolley 0, Eaglebear 0, Simpson 1, Baulne 0, Michel 8, Mason 0, Tonasket 10, Simmons 3, Burch 14.

St. Michael’s 94, Wellpinit 83

Matt Edwards hit 15 of 16 free throws on the way to 33 points, and John Schindler scored 21 of his 30 in the first half as the Warriors defeated the visiting Redskins.

Wellpinit’s Mike McCrea scored a season-high 25.

Wellpinit 22 22 18 21 - 83

St. Michael’s 23 33 20 18 - 94

Wellpinit (2-7, 1-6) - Filkins 4, I. Abrahamson 12, G. Abrahamson 0, Flett 6, M. McCrea 25, T. McCrea 16, Schmidt 1, Moyer 15, Brigman 2.

St. Michael’s (6-5, 2-5) - C. Vogel 12, J. Schindler 30, Edwards 33, Durazo 5, B. Schindler 5, K. Vogel 4, Spruil 5.

Republic 61, Cusick 41

Cory Rickard made six 3-pointers and scored 22 to lead the visiting Tigers over the Panthers.

Republic had 12 3-pointers, five in the third quarter.

Republic 14 16 21 10 - 61

Cusick 13 8 6 14 - 41

Republic (7-4, 6-1) - Russell 12, Burnside 2, Lembcke 0, J. Bauer 0, Krohn 11, C. Bauer 0, Rickard 22, Wilson 0, Walden 6, Long 0, Maycumber 4.

Cusick (0-10, 0-7) - Person 7, Sattleen 10, K. Haikkila 9, J. Smith 5, A. Smith 3, Wykes 3, Foster 4, Robinson 0.

NW Christian 76, Northport 55

John Proffitt’s season-high 19 points, 12 which came in the fourth quarter, led the visiting Crusaders over the Mustangs.

Sol Gruener had 20 points, Austin Weilep four assists for Northport.

NW Christian 15 9 18 34 - 76

Northport 11 15 14 15 - 55

Northwest Christian (8-2, 6-1) - DiStefano 6, Proffitt 19, Orr 2, Hutchins 8, Descoteaux 5, Strandy 6, Malott 7, Sharkey 4, Goldman 17, Atkins 1, Clouse 1, Irnon 0.

Northport (3-7, 2-5) - Petersen 0, Gruener 20, A. Weilep 6, Israel 1, Day 3, Rieckers 15, Wiley 0, L. Weilep 8, Wilson 2, J. Boger 0.

Columbia 55, Springdale 48

Keith Donohue scored a season-high 14 and the visiting Lions defeated the Chargers.

Columbia 10 12 13 20 - 55

Springdale 14 14 9 11 - 48

Columbia (3-7, 2-5) - K. Donohue 14, McCrea 0, C. Young 14, Benson 2, Preston 13, Weston 2, J. Young 10, Hudspeth 0, J. Kieffer 0, T. Kieffer 0, Schurger 0, Berg 0, Montgomery 0, S. Donohue 0.

Springdale (2-9, 2-5) - Goad 0, Swearngin 4, Guistini 14, Lebret 2, Brigman 5, Stricker 4, Roll 7, Sanchez 0, Norman 10.

Non-league

Liberty 64, Riverside 39

The visiting Lancers hit 12 of 21 free throws to build a big first-half lead and went on to defeat the Rams.

Liberty finished 19 of 44 from the floor, Riverside 16 of 71.

Liberty 19 14 19 12 - 64

Riverside 5 3 19 12 - 39

Liberty (8-3) - Hein 1, I. Smith 0, B. Holling 13, J. Holling 12, H. Smith 12, Repp 4, Frampton 3, Wiman 10, Greenwalt 9, Brumley 0.

Riverside (3-5) - Robison 0, Hodgson 9, Vandermeer 0, Westenskow 2, Steiner 9, Reedy 3, Hoffman 3, Gellatly 0, Watt 0, Crance 4, Thomas 1, Hersom 8.

Potlatch 71, Colfax 66

Nick Nicholson hit four 3-pointers on the way to 22 points and Jimmy Everett scored 21 to lead the Loggers over the visiting Bulldogs.

Colfax 24 13 15 14 - 66

Potlatch 16 27 11 17 - 71

Colfax (4-7) - Gylling 6, Maj 0, Hall 8, Danaher 10, Watts 10, White 0, Vuletich 6, Pittman 20, Davis 6.

Potlatch (4-3) - Farley 4, Nicholson 22, Kerns 0, Carr 2, Bryngelson 3, Alsterlund 11, Siebert 8, Everett 21.